Animagus

Chapter Two: The Woods

We decided to start anew and live as humans. Mother knew it would be difficult because we lived as wolves our entire lives, but she knew it would be best for Sam and me. The house was nice, it was small but sizable for the five of us. Sam was helping my uncle Mark lug in the boxes when I got a scent of something. I assumed it was because I haven't run in the woods for days, so I brushed it off.

Once we got settled in, I went upstairs and started decorating my room to my liking. I noticed something, or someone out my window in the woods staring back at me, with these piercing blue eyes.

I grabbed my jacket and turned towards my bedroom door, “Where are you going?” Sam asked, leaning on the doorframe.

“Sam, there is someone outside and I’m going to find out who it is... Are you coming or not?” I stared at him intently.

He sighed deeply, crossing his arms, “You know I'm always with you.”

The two of us smiled as we headed out the door. Mom, Aunt Greta, and Uncle Mark were busy doing dinner. We’ve always hunted food, so making our food was a first. Sam and I jumped in the air, shifting into wolf form and we took off running towards the area I saw the beautiful blue eyes. When we approached, everything was quiet... A little too quiet if you know what I mean.

We heard rustling so we hid behind a log. When suddenly a man in tattered clothing came running on all fours, he was swooped up by a snare and he was dangling from a tree. I went to go help him when an army of lights and footsteps came our way. The man who hung from the tree was begging for mercy, but the other men didn’t care. One older man took a sword out, I heard it slice the poor man in half as his insides plopped to the cold ground, while his lifeless body hung there.
Once the men took off, I slowly approached the man cautiously. All I thought was why, why would they kill him? By now my brother has shifted back, he noticed something in the ground.

“Leia, check this out.”

I shifted and stood up, the two of us examined the sword that the older man stuck in the ground. “Do you see that?” Sam asked, pointing to a symbol. I look closer as I started to recall it.

I backed away, “Argents. What are we going to tell mom?!” Sam placed his hands on my shoulders.

“Relax. As of now, we tell her nothing. Don’t tell her what you saw. Don’t tell her about the blue eyes. Don’t tell her about coming out here. Just... Just let me take care of it.”

We started to head back home when I heard breathing, I looked to my left and saw those beautiful blue eyes and a pair of yellow eyes. I shined mine at them and jumped, shifting in the air as I took off running home with Sam by my side.